East Africa: Want to Speed Up Development? First Fine-tune the System of Education

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Kenya will once again be experimenting with its education system, making a major change for the second time since independence - this time in an effort to repair the damage caused by previous tinkering that only served to soothe the egos of the political leadership.

At a time when the East African Community has been harmonising its systems in a variety of sectors, including setting standards of academic and professional equivalence, this move is likely to put these efforts off-balance.

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